There was a safety study by an insurance actuator for construction companies. The finding was that by backing into parking spots you would leave facing your exit. This prevented a serious problem where there were too many accidents, collisions and even deaths by backing into things. Factors were being tired, in a hurry or just not seeing a person coming.

I after reading this and seeing the safety video on this I immediately changed my own behavior and started backing into parking spots. It was also the policy of the company that everyone who used a company vehicle had to do this.

Sometimes I get lazy because I don't have to do this but mostly I still do this because I don't want this kind of trouble.